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| January 12 |
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View Pete Rose Cover |
College Football - Splitsville (The Trojans beat Michigan and the Tigers beat the Sooners to force a shared title), (If LSU met USC), (SI's All-Bowl team) Pro Basketball - Save the Blazers? (What Zach Randolph is being asked to do) NFL Playoffs - Do You Believe..? (The Packers continue to win, Colts beat Denver, Titans silence the Ravens, Panthers and Steve Smith beat the Cowboys, Dr. Z's forcast for Round 2) Book Excerpt - Rose's Confession |
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| January 19 |
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View Donovan McNabb Cover |
Hockey - The Kids Have Arrived (A generation of young stars are beginning to dominate) NFL Playoffs - McNificent (Peyton Manning beats the Chiefs, Panthers beat the Rams in OT, Eagles beat Green Bay, Patriots beat the Titans, Dr. Z's conference title picks) Pro Basketball - The King of Shooters (Peja Stohakovic of Sacramento) College Basketball - Counter Puncher (Gonzaga's freshman Adam Morrison) Book Excerpt - A Fowl Obsession (Bird watching) |
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| January 26 |
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View Muhsin Muhammed Cover |
NFL Playoffs - Coming Through (Panthers beat the Eagles), Cold Blooded (Patriots pound the Colts) Pro Basketball - Mighty Mouth (Sam Cassell is at home in Minnesota) Hockey - Dominator or Cujo? (The Red Wings must make a choice on who is their goaltender), College Basketball - Palo Altitude (Unbeaten Stanford) olympics - Hello Athens (Is Greece ready for the Summer games?) |
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| February 2 |
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View Super Bowl Cover |
Super Bowl XXXVIII Preview - Confidence Game (The Panthers believe in themselves), The Greatest Stories Never Told (Thirteen writers tell stories they have kept to themselves) Pro Basketball - Three's a Crowd (Do the Mavs have a chance with their excess of forwards?) Hockey - Coyote Cowboy (Phoenix winger Shane Doan) College Basketball - Birds of a Feather (Red-hot Louisville) |
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| February 9 |
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View Tom Brady Cover |
Super Bowl Fight to the Finish (Tom Brady and New England beat Carolina), Dr. Z's Final Analysis, New England has every reason to repeat as Super Bowl Champ Pro Basketball Forward Thinking (The Pacers with forwards Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal) Baseball Pennies From Heaven (L.A. Angels are spending freely yet wisely) I'm Mad as Hell (Dodger fan has had enough) Tennis The Artful Roger (Roger Federer wins the Australian Open) College Basketball Oh, Brother (Rival coaches James and Joe Jones of Yale and Columbia) Olympics Miracle, the Sequel (Movie about the 1980 Olympics) |
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| February 16 |
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View Jameer Nelson Cover |
The Lineup - College Basketball - Full Nelson (Led by Jameer Nelson, little St. Joseph's is thinking big.) College Football - Stolen Goods (In a hot recruiting border war, Oklahoma took Texas's best.) NASCAR Preview - A New Nation (The altered landscape of America's fastest sport), A Six-Pack to Go (Half a dozen high-powered Young Guns have come of age.) Athens 2004 - Strange Genesis (A brawling Greek immigrant and a fiery pro wrestler are among U.S. decathlete Tom Pappa's progenitors.) NBA Midseason Report - Score Bored (New rules haven't restored freewheeling hoops. Fear not, fans: I have solutions.), Turning Point (The Nets are reenergized with a little-known new coach.) Departments - Leading Off, Letters, Air and Space, Scorecard, Faces in the Crowd, The Life of Reilly SI's 50th Anniversary Inside... - Track, The NHL, College Basketball, Baseball) |
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| February 16 |
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View Jameer Nelson Cover |
College Basketball - Full Nelson (Led by Jameer Nelson, little St. Joseph's is thinking big.) College Football - Stolen Goods (In a hot recruiting border war, Oklahoma took Texas's best.) NASCAR Preview - A New Nation (The altered landscape of America's fastest sport.), A Six-Pack to Go (Half a dozen high-powered Young Guns have come of age.) Athens 2004 - Strange Genesis (A brawling Greek immigrant and a fiery pro wrestler are among U.S. decathlete Tom Pappas's progenitors.) NBA Midseason Report - Score Bored (New rules haven't restored freewheeling hoops. Fear not, fans, I have solutions.), Turning Point (The Nets are reenergized with a little known new coach.) |
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| February 23 |
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"Hello, New York. Alex Rodriguez, Baseball's Best, Makes A Big Move - To Third Base" |
The Lineup - Baseball - Hello, New York (By agreeing to move to third base, Alex Rodriguez got out of Texas and into pinstripes); The Home Team (Returning to their Houston roots, pals Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte are happy Astros) NASCAR - Winning One For Dad (Dale Earnhardt Jr. charged to an emotional victory in the Daytona 500) Special Report - Out Of Control (Allegations of rape at a recruiting party rock the Colorado football program) Pro Basketball - Unexpected All-Star (Milwaukee's sharpshooting guard Michael Redd showed he belonged in L.A.) Hockey - The Importance Of Ice (It's the most basic element in hockey, but getting it right is one of the biggest headaches in sports. Here are the cold facts. * How The NHL Ranks All Its Rinks * At Arenas In Florida, Keeping The Ice Playable Is No Day At The Beach * Driving A Zamboni Sure Looks Like Fun, But It's Serious Business) Departments - Leading Off; Letters (Hey, stop belittling Matt Kenseth); Air And Space (Mammon, God trade dunks during NBA All-Star week); Scorecard ( * What can't Michael Phelps do * John Daly, workhorse, wins Buick * Phillie Phanatic's head punched * The Show: Queer eye for NFL guy); Faces In The Crowd; The Life Of Reilly (Colorado players put woman kicker through hell) SI's 50th Anniversary - Play Ball (Nobody does spring training like the good folks at Florida's Dodgertown) Inside... - The NBA ( * Carlos Boozer shows up doubters * Assessing Rasheedless Blazers); The NHL ( * Flyers keep changing, winning * Proposed new rules not enough); College Basketball ( * Cowboys in saddle in Big 12 * Heads up! Seed Report is back) |
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| March 1 |
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View KG and Friends Cover |
Pro Basketball - Three for All (Kevin Garnett and his two new running mates) Baseball - And Maddux (The Cubs staff could be the best in baseball), Out of Their Tree (The author of Moneyball fights back to his critics) College Basketball - Quantum Leap (Lawrence Roberts has lifted Mississippi State after leaving Baylor) Pro Football - Does It Still Matter? (The combine seems to be giving less and less important information about prospects) Hockey - Blackhawks Down (Bad management is making this team irrelevant in Chicago) |
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| March 8 |
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View Sebastian Telfair Cover |
High School Basketball - Ready For The Big Time (Sebastian Telfair is set to become the first point guard to jump from high school to the NBA) Pro Basketball - A Coach Named Hubie (High-strung Hubie Brown has turned the sad-sack Grizzlies into playoff contenders) Pro Football - Ride Of His Life (The Panther's Jake Delhomme played the Super Bowl with a passion that thrilled fellow Cajuns) Baseball - Bird Watching (The woeful Orioles have made big changes, but in the star-studded AL East, will anyone notice?) Hockey - Little Lightning Bolt (A 5' 7" dynamo with a big heart. Martin St. Louis has emerged as a prolific scorer for Tampa Bay) College Basketball - Blue Blood (For the author, a Tar Heels fanatic, any game against Duke is a life-altering occasion) |
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| March 15 |
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View Barry Bonds Cover |
Baseball - Is This The Asterisk Era? (New questions about steroids), What Can You Do, Bud? (Questions to commisioner Selig), Can the Feds Clean It Up? (Will they have to control baseball?) College Basketball - Huskies Join The Hunt (Washington beats Stanford) Pro Football - March Madness (Free-agent feeding frenzy) Pro Basketball - The Pair Up There (Rookie of the Year race) High School Sports - Running For Their Lives (Cross-Country coach White of McFarland, CA) |
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| March 22 |
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View March Madness Cover |
Pro Basketball - Kobe's Two Worlds (Juggling his appearances in court with those on the court, Kobe Bryant is playing great basketball.) Baseball - Passion of J.D. Drew (Atlanta's new outfielder has fought insults and those who say his religious devotion holds him back.), Lost in Translation (Like pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki, many Japanese have found life in the major leagues very tough.) NHL Special Report - Code Red (After another horrific on-the-ice attack, the league has to clean the violence from its game.) Soccer - A Yank In Manchester (In an improbable adventure Tim Howard has become the star goalie of the game's most fabled club.) NCAA Preview 2004 - Game Breakers (When everyghint's on the line, they lift their teams.), 5 Minute Guide (A fast look at who's hot and who's not at the Big Dance.), Power Shift (For the first time in years no women's team is dominant.), Which One? (SI's complete NCAA bracket breakdow.) Departments - Leading Off; Letters (Howls of appreciation for T-Wolves); Air And Space (And a child shall lead us - even in the booth); Scorecard ( > The other March Madness > Haiti Soccer team fights on > Drew Aikman? Henson a cowboy > The Show: NBA's Worm watch); Faces In The Crowd; The Life Of Reilly (Let's hear it for all who rallied round Pete Pihos) SI's 50th Anniversary - High School Heaven (There's nothing in Minnesota to match the state hockey tournament) Inside... - The NBA (Bucks patient coach rallies team); Tennis (Williams could quit proudly); Boxing (Wright unifies 154-pound crown) |
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| March 29 |
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View NCAA Tournament Cover |
NCAA Tournament - Two-Round Knockout Baseball - The Backyard Rookie (Joe Mauer of the Twins) Soccer - Ready for Freddy? (Freddy Adu) Olympics - Under The Gun (Iraq races to build a team for the Athens Games) Hockey - Battle of Ontario (The rivalry between Ottawa and Toronto) College Basketball - The Upset (The 1985 game between Georgetown and Villanova) |
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| April 5 |
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Cubs Pitcher Kerry Wood |
The Lineup - Baseball Preview 2004 - Welcome To The New Age Of Information (The game's conventional wisdom is taking a beating from a new stat-crazy culture that turns baseball numbers inside out - Effeciency Model: Frank Catalanotto - Five teams that made the right moves - Smart stats, dumb stats - Does clutch hitting truly exist? - Where will the numbers game go? - Jack McKeon: Who needs stats?), As So Often Happens? (A fielder makes a great play and leads off the next inning. It's a common occurance, isn't it? A professor's research ignites logistic feuding over one legendary statistic), Scouting Reports (We rank all 30 teams, tell you how they'll finish and predict the playoff winners and, of course, the World Series champs) NCAA Tournament - Four Cornerstones (To win the NCAA championship, each of the remaining teams will require a peak performance from it's indispensable player - How to beat Connecticut - How to beat Duke - How to beat Georgia Tech - How to beat Oklahoma State) Departments - Leading Off, Letters (Slap asterisks on spitballers, too), Air And Space (In a rage over 'roids? Root for skinny ballplaywers), Scorecard (Hootie-Martha war isn't over - Hockey players keep on swinging - Japan's Seabiscuuit a lovable loser - Skating judges: you're all perfect), Faces In The Crowd, The Life Of Reilly (Aaron Boone is unlucky. Also honest. And caring) SI's 50th Anniversary - Golden Oldie (Once the top event in boxing, the Chicago Golden Gloves is still an entertaining show) Inside... - College Football (Callahan has Huskers throwing - Five other coaches at new schools), The NBA (Do Blazers want coach to go? - Scout on March Madness stars), The NHL (Nedved has Oilers gushing - Union chief enrages refs) |
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| April 12 |
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View Emeka Okafor Cover |
NCAA Final Four - The Conn Game (With a full-throttle performance from Emeka Okafor, Connecticut cruised past Georgia Tech to win the title.) Baseball - Worlds Apart (In 1999 Josh Hamilton and Josh Beckett were drafted 1 and 2. Now they have 180 degrees of seperation.) Hockey - Someone Will Be Upset (Favorites often exit early on the road to the Stanley Cup) Pro Basketball - Chris Crossed (The return of Chris Webber was supposed to boost Sacramento. Instead, the Kings are struggling.) Book Exclusive - American Original (A Ted Williams biography ranges across the extraordinary life of a national icon, and ornery cuss) |
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| April 19 |
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"Masterstroke - Mickelson Wins His First Major / The Night After" |
Contents - NBA Playoff Preview - Not-So-Happy Family (The Lakers could regain the title, but not unless they resolve a few thorny issues. > Leap year for Lamar Odom > The best starting lineups > The fan who acts like a coach > Who's hot and who's not > Teams that have rifts with refs > A peek into the crystal ball) Golf - Amen (With a stirring Sunday charge, a heady, steady Phil Mickelson won the Masters, his long-awaited first major) College Hockey - Pioneers! O Pioneers! (Frozen Four longshot Denver held on in a frentic final minute to win its first national title in 35 years) College Basketball - UConn's Flashy Finish (Diana Taurasi capped her matchless career - and UConn's strange year - with a three-peat. So what's next?) Baseball - Earning Their Stripes (The new-look Tigers, who last year had an anemic offense and lost 119 games, began this season with a bang) Horse Racing - Anybody's Derby (The Run for the Roses remains a wide-open affair after three prep races failed to produce a clear favorite) College Football - Long Time Coming (The SEC's first black football coach, Sylvester Cream is a symbol, but he's more concerned with winning games) Departments - Leading Off; Letters (NCAA tournament prospectives); Air And Space (Sports are too easy. Let's make them more difficult); Scorecard ( > Barry Bond's job gets harder > Arema ball's surprise standout > Q&A with Hornet's Baron Davis > David Bechham's girl trouble); Faces In The Crowd; The Life Of Reilly (Phil Mickelson was fulfilled before he won the Masters) SI's 50th Anniversary - The Long Run (Next week's Boston Marathon will add to a legacy of heroes and heartbrakes) Inside... - Baseball (Glaus sees the ball, hits the ball); College Basketball (SI names its Player of the Year); Boxing (No mystery to this Spinks); The NHL (Legace a third-stringer no more) |
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| April 26 |
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View 50th Anniversary Cover |
Special Double Issue Baseball - Fuel on the Fire (With Curt Schilling in the mix, the Yanks-Red Sox rivalry is hot already) Pro Basketball - Rooked? (He may not be Rookie of the Year, but Carmelo Anthony is in the playoffs) Hockey - Nameless in San Jose (Jonathan Cheechoo and the anonymous Sharks hunt the Cup) Pro Football - River's Edge (N.C. State QB Philip Rivers has the moxie to succeed in the NFL) 50th Anniversary - The Pictures - Perfect Tens (A decade-by-decade gallery of classic SI shots, introduced by Frank Deford.), Playing with Time (The best sports photos stop the clock, forever; Joe Namath is still No. 1, and Jackie Robinson is still stealing home.), That Magic Moment (To understand what makes a great picture by Neil Leifer, look at what fell to the cutting room floor.), Flash of Inspiration (By pushing their craft to its limits, SI shooters created a new way of seeing/), How We Did That (To capture the two minutes of the Kentucky Derby, Bill Frakes needs only three days and 47 cameras.), Appeal of the Peel (Walter Iooss Jr.'s Polaroids - the rough drafts of his portraits - are a bit like Picasso's sketchbooks.) Departments - Leading Off, Contributors, Letters (No April fools here, thank you), Air And Space (Riding the rails to the old ball game), Scorecard (Swimmers honor Counsilman, Jayson Williams trial nears end, The hockey player and the hitman, Jim Caviezel: Jesus to Bobby Jones), Faces In The Crowd, The Life Of Reilly (Against youth sports, does Sunday School have a chance?) SI's 50th Anniversary - Spring Fling (Daredevils go to New Hampshire's Mount Washington to hike up and ski down) Inside... - College Football (Will Berlin be the Hurricanes QB?), Baseball (Marlin's Cabrera keeps improving), The NBA (Still-hungry Wolf is SI's MVP) |
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| May 3 |
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View Pat Tillman Cover |
Pat Tillman 1976-2004 - Code of Honor (In 2002 Pat Tillman left pro football to join the Army. When he was killed last week in Afghanistan, the entire nation felt the impact.) NBA Playoffs Out at Home (The Mavericks thought they wouldn't lose in Dallas, until the Kings beat them there to take control of their first-round series.) NFL Draft - Whatever Eli Wants (In the first test of his NFL career, quarterback Eli Manning bucked the draft and came out on top - in the Giant's jersey he coveted.) >u>The State of Coaching - Good Job, You're Fired! (Even successful coaches in pro sports have learned that winning won't guarantee security. College coaching is no picnic, either.) Golf - It's Her Tee Time (At 14. Michelle Wie is poised, brattish, driven - and able to blast a ball 290 yards. She has a plan to dominate golf. All of it.) Departments - Leading Off; Letters (Three cheers and a jeer for UConn); Air And Space (The bigger the athlete, the later he shows up - if at all); Scorecard ( * Plot thickens in Danton case * Names named in BALCO probe * Kournikova's family feud * Remembering Guinness founder); Faces In The Crowd' The Life Of Reilly (As we mourn Pat Tillman, let's remember Todd Bates) SI's 50th Anniversary - Rite Of Spring (Kentuckians rally around the Derby, the state's top sporting event - and party) Inside... - Baseball ( * Milton Bradley sparks Dodgers); The NHL ( * Jeremy Roenick, team player); Boxing ( * Vitali Klitschko rules heavies) |
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| May 10 |
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View Smarty Jones Cover |
Triple Crown - Smart Monday (Smarty Jones wins the Kentucky Derby) NBA Playoffs - The Jefferson Factor (Richard Jefferson may be the biggest difference in the Pistons-Nets series) Stanley Cup Playoffs - A Star at Last? (Vincent Lecavalier leads Tampa Bay into the conference finals) World's Biggest Rivalry - Cricket Diplomacy (India and Pakistan play a series of matches that will lead to ?) Baseball - Mister Softie? (George Steinbrenner at 73) |
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| May 17 |
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"Lakers' Last Stand. Will Kobe Leave? Will Shaq Stay? Will Phil Retire?" |
They're In The Money - The Fortunate 50 (SI's inaugural list of the top 50 American athletes by current annual income); Play Money (Let's say your job pays you $15 million a year. What would you do with all that dough? Let's play cribbage); Star Treatment (Behind monied athletes are specialists catering to their needs: racket stringers, car guys, pants men, personal chefs); Join The Club (Looking for lucre? No sports spreads it around like golf); Lucky Stiff (Retired big league pitcher Mark Clark was no star, but he got paid like one) NBA Playoffs - Center Cannot Hold (L.A. stayed alive against the Spurs in Game 3, but win or lose, this is the last stand for these Lakers) Stanley Cup Playoffs - They Should Not Win (But they do. After upsetting Vancouver and Detroit, the nearly starless Calgary Flames are now attacking the Sharks) Baseball - A Season Like No Other (Barry Bonds is playing in his own universe, where the strategies are twisted and the stats absurd) Departments - Leading Off; Letters (The pictures: kudos and quibbles); Air And Space (Feel like booing? Go ahead and join the crowd); Scorecard ( * Can Jessie Palmer charm coach? * Danton thanks alleged hit target * Jermaine O'Neal at fan's prom * Snoop Dog faces the music); Faces In The Crowd; The Life Of Reilly (Some sage anti-advice for the class of 2004) SI's 50th Anniversary - The Vegas Strip (The other one, that is, which holds the drag racing blowout Midnight Mayhem) Inside... - Olympics (Athens blasts don't deter athletes); Baseball ( * Rockies try four-man rotation * Twins' hitter from outer space * Verducci on A's staff weakness); Soccer ( * Kirovski's happy return to MLS * Will Real Madrid face MLS stars?) |
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| May 24 |
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View Roger Clemens Cover |
Baseball - Home Fire (Just 15 minutes from his family, Roger Clemens, 41, is mowing down hitters, and heating up Houston), Triple Crown - What a Ride (Stewart Elliott led Smarty Jones on a record romp in the Preakness, and racings third jewel is within reach), Playoff Fever - It's That Time Again (Everything changes in Game 7. The air is different. The noise is different. And there's so much weight), Stanley Cup - Faster, Younger, Cheaper (A High-Speed Postseason has changed the NHL stylebook. The final should be thrilling - but are you watching), Endurance - Test of the Best (The U.S. Army Rangers, some of the world's fittest athletes, are pushed to the limit every year in the grueling, 60-hour Best Ranger Competition) Departments - Leading Off, Letters (Strong views on Tillman, Reilly), Air and Space (Alphabetical world order, from A (Ali) to Z (Zatopek)), Scorecard, Faces in the Crowd, The Life of Reilly (Think, Jayson Williams, about the man you killed) SI's 50th Anniversary - Kick Start (Thanks in part to Hispanic kids, New Mexico is a youth soccer hotbed) Inside - Baseball (Will Reds trade healthy Griffey, Who's up, who's down in bigs, Second baseman sparks Orioles), Boxing (Tarver stuns Roy Jones Jr., Trinidad comeback fight set) |
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| May 31 |
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View Kevin Garnett Cover |
NBA Playoffs - Give 'Em Howl (Kevin Garnett and the T-Wolves clawed their way back into the Western finals against the Lakers.) Stanley Cup Finals - The Great Iginla (He is Calgary's secret superstar and the sweetheart ot the finals. But can Jarome Iginla rescue the NHL?) Olympics - Clean or Not? (The U.S. track and field team could be decimated by a crackdown on performance-enhancing drugs.) Pro Football - The Space Cowboys (Even Joe Gibbs admits that he and his coaching cronies may be crazy for returning to the Redskins.) Chess - Con Games (At a New Jersey maximum security penitentiary, 32 felons competed for the prison chess championship and the chance to test their wits against an Ivy League whiz kid.) |
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| June 14 |
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View Ken Griffey Jr. |
Baseball - Junior's Feeling Good (Healthy, happy Ken Griffey Jr. powered toward 500 homers.) Stanley Cup Finals - Lightning Strikes (Tampa Bay rallied to win Game 6 and 7 and edge the Flames.) NBA Finals - Meeting Of The Minds - In a heady coaching duel, Larry Brown got a jump on Phil Jackson.) Tennis - Tres Bizarre (The French Open was rife with psychodrama if not great matches.) U.S. Open Golf Preview - Wide Open (Everyone wants to see Tiger battle Phil, but parity will be the theme.) Triple Crown - Sorry About That (Even Birdstone's trainer apologized to Smarty Jones after the Belmont.) Globalization of Sports - The World Is Watching (The NBA and other US leagues bank on big help from abroad.) Departments - Leading Off, Letters, Air And Space, Scoreboard, Faces In The Crowd SI's 50th Anniversary - Crown Jewel (Thrills, great barbecue and a look at future stars; Omaha's College World Series.) Inside - Baseball, Motor Sports, Boxing |
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| June 15 |
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View Phil Mickelson Cover |
2004 U.S. Open Preview Team Player (The new, coachable Phil Mickelson is the man to beat at Shinnecock.), East End Elites (A peek behind the hedges of the top six clubs in the Hamptons.), Tipping Point (Since a rainy day in '02, the golf gods have frowned on Tiger Woods.), He's Got Game (Rookie Zach Johnson has wasted no time showing he means business.), Last Links (The club that bears the tribe's name has brought pride and pain to the Shinnecock Nation.) |
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| June 21 |
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View Ben Wallace Cover |
The Lineup - NBA Finals - A New Way To Win (Showing how to beat a glamour team, Detroit's band of castoffs pulled together to take a 3-1 lead.); Higher Calling (Dwight Howard, the likely No. 2 pick in the draft, does God's work by playing tranwscendent basketball.) Globalization of Sports - Hot Players In The Cold (Seven time zones and 3,000 miles from the Times Square base, agent Jay Grossman hunts hockey talent.) Pro Football - Snap Judgement (Don't count out Rich Gannon in Oakland's quarterbacks battle.) Baseball - Inside Barry's Head (As he struggles to regain his form, the A's Barry Zito is staying positive.) Rotisserie Leagues - Fantasy World (Your neighbor plays. Your boss plays. Everybody playes fantasy sports, now a billion-dollar business.) Departments - Leading Off; Contributors; Letters (Chess belongs in SI. No, it doesn't); Air And Space (Reggie Sanders's Grand Tour: seven teams in seven years); Scorecard ( * Will Wimbledon be a gagfest? * BCS: new an unimproved * Remembering Roosevelt Brown * The Show: Ambassador Tuna); Faces In The Crowd; The Life Of Reilly (Fights without hockey? Pinch me, I must be dreaming) SI's 50th Anniversary - Heaven Sent (Steve Prefontaine's gritty spirit still inspires runners at the Pre classic in Eugene, Ore) Inside... - Baseball ( * Last year's losers now winners * Brewers won't move Ben Sheets); The NHL ( * SI's Player of the Year * Early candidates for 2005 honors) |
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| June 28 |
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View Lance Armstrong Cover |
The Lineup - Cycling - Lance in France, Part 6 (New doping allegations have only steeled Lance Armstrong in his bid to win a record sixth Tour de France.) Golf - Wild Goose Chase (On a bloody Sunday, steady Retief Goosen outlasted Phil Mickelson to wih his second U.S. Open.) Baseball - Good to Go (The Royals' Carlos Beltran is up for grabs, perhaps the only franchise player available before the deadline.) Pro Basketball - Nicely Done, Joe (Pistons G.M. Joe Dumars, the most agreeable Bad Boy, was no pushover as he built an NBA champion.) Globalization of Sports - On Safari for 7-Footers (A top NBA prospect from Africa must come to grips with a wild new world of opportunity.) Minorities in Sports - The Man Behind the Man (Agressive. Brash. Cocky. And that's what friends call Aaron Goodwin, LeBron James's controversial agent.), Same Game, New Players (Thirty new entrants, including the NBA's MVP made SI's 2004 list of 101 most influential minorities.) Departments - Leading Off, Letters, Air and Space, Scorecard, Faces in the Crowd, The Life of Reilly SI's 50th Anniversary - It's a Real Whopper Inside... - Baseball, Motor Sports |
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| July 5 |
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View Manny Ramirez Cover |
Baseball - The Game is Back (Ten reasons why there is hope in San Diego, Cincinnati, Tampa Bay and all over the majors), A Cut Above (Boston's Manny Ramirez went from unwanted to unstoppable - and it's all in his swing), Remember the Titans (Scrappy Cal State - Fullerton beat the odds and stunned Texas in the College World Series) Globalization of Sports - Football vs. Futbol (On two continents, a pair of leagues awash in red ink ask, How do you win over an alien culture) Pro Basketball - Big Deal in Dallas (After adding to his crowded roster at the draft, can Mavs owner Mark Cuban land the biggest prize of all?) Fishing - Seeing Snook (There is something touching about snook, their funny-faced striving, their sneakiness, their sleaziness) Departments - Leadilng Off, Letters (Hockey fans feel dissed - again), Catching Up With..., Air and Space (Everything you never knew about the Fourth of July), Scorecard (Anna Kournikova reconsidered, Green Monster on big screen, Tim Montgomery near the end?, A few jabs from Lennox Lewis), Faces in the Crowd, The Life of Reilly (Blond, sweat and beer: blissed out at the ArenaBowl) Si's 50th Anniversary - Dream State (By nearly every measure, California is No. 1 in the nation in sports) Inside... - Tennis (Williamses' tennis passion down?, Croatians roll at Wimbledon), The NBA (Garnett is SI's Player of the Year, Five who could unseat KG), The NHL (Capitals' top pick: Instant star?, Hasek might be Ottawa-bound) |
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| August 23 |
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View Michael Phelps Cover |
The Lineup 2004 Olympics - Water Craft (Michael Phelps has medals aplenty, gold and otherwise.), Hi-Ho Silver! (U.S. gymnasts win first men's team medal in 20 years.), Bad Dream (Welcome to U.S. basketball's Olympic nightmare.), American Graffiti (Restraint's the key if the U.S. wants new friends in Atlanta.), Plus (Rowing, Water Polo, Beach Volleyball, Softball, Synchronized Diving, Iraqi Soccer.) Golf - Straits to the Top (V.J. Singh's PGA victory that he's the world's best player.) High School Football - Little But Unbeatable (De La Salle High has won 151 consecutive football games.) Television - Boom Times (Back-back-back through 25 years with Chris Berman.) Departments - Leading Off. Contributors, Letters, Air and Space, Scorecard, Faces in the Crowd, The Life of Reilly Inside - The NFL, Baseball |
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| August 30 |
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U.S. Women's Softball Team at the Olympics |
The Lineup - 2004 Olympics - Fast Company (Justin Gatlin won one of the swiftest 100 meters in history); Fall And Rise (With a huge comeback, Paul Hamm took gymnastics gold); The Pepper Pot (Feisty gymnast Carly Patterson avenged her loss in the worlds); On Top Of The World (No question: The U.S. Softball team is the greatest of all time); Flag Jumper (A Cuban nation-hopper competes for Sudan); Break Out The Bubbly (Michael Phelps's finest stroke may have been an act of kindness); Going Out With A Bang (The U.S. women's soccer team gave retiring stars a shot at gold); Zone Pressed (Rabid Olympic journalists jostle across a no-man's land); Plus: Shot Put; Men's Basketball; Team Handball; Eight-Man Rowing; Cycling Time Trial; Women's Wrestling Baseball - The Quiet Warrior (Vladimir Guerrero only wants to talk about his large family) Tennis - Jimbo (Thirty years after igniting tennis, Jimmy Connors is still a renegade) Departments - Leadong Off; Letters (No indifference to Broadway Joe); Catching Up With...; Air And Space (Five days, 10 Olympic events, one sore butt); Scorecard (Baseball cap gross-out - Tennis' tough-love coach - Please, no: Bowe to fight again - Sarah Hughes wants a date); Faces In The Crowd; The Life Of Reilly (Michael Phelps, you can dry off now. Really) Inside... - Baseball (Twins southpaw dominates - Dodgers bullpen struggles); The NFL (Steelers rookie QB pays off); College Football (Tailback will carry Badgers) |
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| September 20 |
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Michael Vick Cover |
The Lineup Pro Football - How's This To Start? (Michael Vick showed flashes of his old self and silenced skeptics as the Falcons held off the 49ers.) College Football - Beware of the Bears (Exciting things are afoot in Berkeley, where high-scoring Cal is in the Pac-10 hunt.) Baseball - The Prodigy Arrives (Gifted Dodgers third baseman Adrian Beltre leads the bigs in homers and might be MVP.) Motor Sports - Two For the Road (Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson are the drivers to beat in a new 10-race showdown.) Tennis - Swat Team (Roger Federer ruled the game and Svetlana Kuznetsova the women at the U.S. Open.) Polo - The Ride of Their Lives (African-American kids in Philadelphia have found a refuge in the least likely sport.) |
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| September 27 |
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50th Anniversary Issue |
The Lineup - Why We Play (To earn glory and money, but most of all to feel truly alive), Timelines (How things changed, from sneakers to sports couples), As They Were (Before they became icons, they were beguiling prodigies), The Prose (A quick trip through great writing from 50 years of SI), Tipping Points (Many crucial events occurred far from any field or arena), The Shock (When Cassius Clay battered Sonny Liston, sports changed), Genesis (A fresh look, via Michelangelo, at the evolution of sports), Apocalyptica (We've collected signs of doom for 11 years, the end is still nigh), Great Sports (Some favorite characters - for humor, style (and a mink coat), They Said It (Think of the folks quoted here as Yogi Berra's children), The Poll (Here's what sport fans think about the past 50 years), Dumb Moves (We'll not soon forget, or ever understand, these colossal blunders), The Beauties (Why not apply instant replay on the Swimsuuit Issue) Departments - Leading Off, Contributors, Catching Up With..., Letters, Air And Space (Tom Coughlin, unholy spawn of Draco and Emily Post), Scorecard (Ageless Titan kicks on own terms * A few handoffs for Tony Dorsett * Recalling ladies' baseball pioneer), Faces In The Crowd, Players, The Life Of Reilly (Our 50-year subscribers remember...practically nothing) Inside... - The NFL (Colt's Big Three prevail again), Baseball (Cubs see Sosa stepping up), College Football (Tigers (Auburn) beat Tigers (LSU)), Boxing (Hopkins drops De La Hoya), Golf (A bloody dismal Ryder Cup for U.S.) |
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| October 4 |
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View Albert Pujols Cover |
Baseball - The Pride of St. Louis (Are the Cardinals strong enough for October) High School Football - Back to Odessa (The movie Friday Night Lights takes the author to West Texas) Pro Football - Turned Around by a Tackle (The Jaquars are unbeaten as they are led by Marcus Stroud) College Football - The Big Ten's Big Shift (The conference pecking order is being changed around led by the exploits of Purdue) Book Excerpt - The Czar is Born (Pete Rozelle) |
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| October 11 |
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"Saturday Showdown - Oklahoma vs. Texas, The Other Big One - USC vs Cal" |
College Football - The Oklahoma Kid (Adrian Peterson has the unbeaten Sooners running wild. Can Texas stop them?); Baseball - Swinging Away (After an MVP-caliber year, Gary Sheffield takes his cuts at Pedro, Barry and Ichiro); Pro Football - Painful Reality (Have oversized, ultrafast players pushed their bodies beyond the breaking point?); Motor Sports - Here Comes Junior (After a win at Talladega, Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the chase for the Nextel Cup); Pro Football - It's All In His Mind (Despite cerebral palsy, Doug Blevins has made himself into an astute kicking coach); Five Outs Away (A year ago, the Cubs and Red Sox came that colse to the World Series, but it all blew up) Departments - Leading Off; Letters; Catching Up With...; Air And Space (Your ticket doesn't entitle you to be a foul-mouthed jerk); Scorecard (* The Britannica: sports bible? * Buyout specialist buys out IMG * Jamal Lewis faces jail time); Faces In The Crowd; Players; The Life Of Reilly (Peeling off the pounds with Nebraska's biggest fan) |
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| October 18 |
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View Tom Brady Cover |
Baseball Playoffs - They're at It Again (The Red Sox and the Yankees batter each other again), Power Play (Cardinals slug their way into a matchup with the Astros) College Football - Nothing Comes Easy (Trojans beat Cal but how much longer can they win) Pro Football - A League of Their Own (Patriots win their 19th straight game), Three Days, One Life (New England's Richard Seymour with a weekend of games) |
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| October 25 |
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Shaq sitting in a pool |
The Lineup - NBA Preview - New Beast In The East (Shaquille O'Neal's arrival in Miami creats a seismic shift); Throwbacks - The Runner (Relentless Richard Hamilton is an old-style scoring force); The Grinder (Onetime basketball vagabond Brian Cardinal is a wanted man); The Playmaker (Can a flashy guard be a selfless leader? Yes, says Carlos Arroyo); Straight Shooters (Stars from the glory days are riding herd in front offices); Scouting Reports (SI ranks all 30 teams); Baseball Playoffs - The Hits Kept Coming (The Yankees and the Red Sox took their cuts at conventional October wisdom slugging it out in a classic ALCS); Pro Football - Twin Engines (Herman Edward's bond with Chad Pennington has the Jets off to their best start ever); College Football - The Real Thing (Braylon Edwards is one of the nation's best wideouts and Michigan's indisputable leader) Departments - Leading Off; Letters; Air And Space (Death, despair, downpours - just another October with the Red Sox); Scorecard (~Sports bloopers on campaign trail ~Race-fixing jockey rides again ~Remembering Ray Boone); Faces In The Crowd; Players; The Life Of Reilly (Unless you want new dental work, don't ask me about poker on TV) Inside... - College Football (~Seminoles' Sexton in firm control ~Turnaround at Texas A&M); The NFL (~Where is the Redskins' offense ~Who is the Bears' quarterback?) |
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| Winter |
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View Veronica Varekova Cover |
Lets Us Prey (A musician who has made his fortune writing books chases his personal Moby Dick, and lives to sell the tale.), Adirondacks (Time to pitch a tent - camping in high style with Fernanda Motta, Carolyn Murphy, Frankie Rydeer and Molly Sims.), Montauk (Elsa Benitez, Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Veronica Varekova and Jessica White get sand in their suits at the end of a verly long island.), A Very Thin Coat (A body-painting session with Bridget Hall, Melissa Keller, Noemie Lenoior, Marisa Miller and Jessica White turns into the ultimate art class.), Lake Powell (It's a houseboat party as May Andersen, Angela Lindvall and Daniela Pestova decorate a vast desert oasis.), Anna Kournikova (We've got Anna's back and front, just trying to make sure that her many fans are well-served.), Mississippi (Noemie Lenoir and Petra Nemcova get intimate with cotton, bayous and gators.), Iowa (Melissa Keller, Marisa Miller and Jessica Van Der Steen shuck their inhibitions.), Swimsuit's Hall of Fame (To Elle and back with some of most popular models from the 40 years of the Swimsuit Issue.), Wyoming (Ana Beatriz Barros and Bridget Hall slap on the chaps and poke a few cows.), Better Halves (Even famous athletes can benefit from couples' therapy - the kind that calls for both partners to strip down and suit up.), Serena Williams (Who needs a doubles partner? A sexy suit - and a few diamonds - are a girl's best friends.), Fresh Face (Michelle Lombardo proved she's a tough competitor by beating out 2,787 contestants to be SI's first amateur swimsuit model.), Where to Buy It (The models are priceless, but their wardrobes aren't. Here's how to find the suit that suits you.), The Life of Reilly (The only thing better than looking at a model who has been body painted is slapping on some of that paint yourself.) |
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| November 1 |
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"World Series. The Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals slug it out" |
The Lineup - World Series - Blood And Guts (Curt Schilling and Boston got off on the right foot against St. Louis); (Boston vs. St. Louis); (To Dad, Who Lived For The Sox); (To Dad, Who Loved The Cards); (The Last Word On The Curse) Pro Football - Right On Target (With supreme accuracy, the Vikings Daunte Culpepper is threatening NFL passing records) College Football - Wild Out West (Running mad with Urban Meyer's crazy offense, Utah is stalking an unbeaten season) College Basketball - The Chosen Ones (Providence's 13-month pursuit of this year's entering class was filled with red herrings, blind alleys, rejection, despair - and high hopes) Departments - Leading Off; Letters; Catching Up With...; Air And Space (Scrape, rattle and roar: the fabulous sounds of sports); Scorecard (* William's and Clarett's lost year * Breeders' Cup will miss Smarty * Rick Neuheisel, youth coach); Faces In The Crowd; Players; The Life Of Reilly (Speaking for all idiots nationwide, I love these Red Sox) Inside... - College Football ( * Backs run wild in Division 1-A * Mississippi State skins Gators); Motor Sports ( * Busch tightens grip on Chase * Ten die in Hendrick air crash); The NFL ( * Subs help Eagles stay unbeaten * Dr. Z's picks for Week 8) |
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| November 8 |
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"New Era - What's Next For Boston's New World Champions?" |
Baseball - Now, The Hard Part (The world champion Red Sox face difficult roster decisions - and the challenge to repeat) College Football - They're For Real (After failing to deliver last year, Auburn's Tigers are clawing at the door of the BCS title game) Pro Football - Ben There, Done That (Rookie QB Ben Roethlisberger has led the surprising Steelers to the top of the AFC) Pro Basketball - A Hero In Hiding (The Spurs' Manu Ginobili is an inspiration to Argentina but an object of dangerous scrutiny) Funk Brothers (What's up, Dog? The ratings of Atlanta's 790 the Zone, after it unleashed Ryan and Doug Stewart in the once-lily-white arena of sports-talk radio) Departments - Leading Off; Letters; Catching Up With...; Air And Space (Why don't we just tattoo corporate logos on all athletes' foreheads?); Scorecard ( * Should Spurrier want back in? * Favre's new family setback * Remembering Bobby Avila * WAoody Harrelson on the grill); Faces In The Crowd; Players; The Life Of Reilly (Yellow bracelets 1, anal-retentive rules freaks 0) Inside... - The NFL (Those up-and-down Seahawks); College Football (Miami trips over Tar Heels); Horse Racing (Ghostzapper romps in Classic) |
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| November 15 |
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The Lineup - Pro Basketball - One-Man Showtime (Kobe Bryant owns the Lakers, and his work is cut out for him.) NFL Midseason Report - Back In The Running (The well-grounded Steelers are a Super Bowl contender again.) (Can Giants, Lions and Texans live up to new expectations.), Cool Brees (Drew Brees has the surprising Chargers atop the AFC West.), A Free Bird (A new scheme sets Falcons defender Patrick Kerney loose.), Dr. Z's Second-Half Forecast, SI's Midseason All-Pro Team College Football - Four Big Guys In Red (A defensive line could take unbeaten Wisconsin all the way.) Special Report - Get Out And Play! (U.S. children are alarmingly overweight, but new programs are teaching them the benefits - and joys - of exercise.) Departments - Leading Off, Catching Up With..., Letters, Air and Space (Yuta man! Or, how a 5'8" guard became the first Japanese player in the NBA), Scorecard (~Why women's pro sports struggle ~Pressure mounts on Paterno to go ~Ex-jock pols: 2004 vote roundup), Faces In The Crowd, Players, The Life of Reilly (I feel Latrell Sprewell's pain, and I'm thinking about how I can increase it) Inside - Track (Radcliffe wins NYC marathon), Baseball (~Schilling is SI's Player of the Year), College Football (~Hawaii's Chang sets pass mark) |
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| November 22 |
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College Basketball Preview - Fast Times (Speedy players like East Tennessee State's Tim Smith are changing the game); Local Girl Makes Good (Seimone Augustus has LSU eyeing its first national title); Man Of Many Moods (All of Tar Heel Nation is trying to read mercurial scoring machine: Rashad McCants); 5 Minute Guide (A quick run through the top players, coaches and games to watch this season); Scouting Reports (SI ranks - and dissects - the nations Top 20 men's teams, starting off with Chapel Hill) College Football - Tuesday Night Lights (A midweek, mid-major pigskin odyssey, all for TV exposure) Pro Football - Look Who's Back (Bret Favre moved the Packers to a share of the NFC North lead) Pro Basketball - A Moving Experience (Carlos and CeCe Boozer knew just what they'd find in Utah) Departments - Leading Off; Letters; Contributors; Air And Space (Smelling the roses with Scott Boras, a thorn in baseball owner's sides); Scorecard (Clarett, Buckeyes AD sling mud * Peter King, movie star * Will DUI hurt Michael Phelps?; Faces In The Crowd; Players; Life Of Reilly (Now hear this: Califorina School for the Deaf at Riverside can play) Inside... - College Football (Why are Spartans only at .500? * Georgia Tech's freshman wideout); The NFL (Buccaneers shun tie, blow game); The NBA (Zo wants out of New Jersey); Soccer (Eskandarian leads D.C. to title) |
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| December 6 |
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View Boston Red Sox Cover |
Sportsmen of the Year (The 2004 Boston Red Sox staged the most improbable comeback in baseball history and liberated their long-suffering nation of fans.) College Football - Call It the Twiceman (Three top teams have two bona fide Heisman candidates.( Pro Basketball - Soaring to Old Heights (After five ankle operations, Grant Hill is dazzling again.) Pro Football - Down in the Dumps (It's been a long fall from the top for the Dolphins and the 49ers.) College Basketball - Ahead of Schedule (NBA scouts love 7-foot high school junior Greg Oden.) Paintball - Whose Idea Was This? (In 1981 some friends settled a beef by shooting paint at one another. Look what came of it.) Track and Field - The Color of Speed (Many fans who can't believe Olympic 400-meter shamp Jeremy Wariner is white have argued it on the Web.) |
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